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Afghanistan
Taliban Asked Turkey for Support to Run Kabul Airport, Turk officials claim
2021-08-27
[ToloNews] The Taliban
...Arabic for students...
have asked The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
for technical help to run Kabul airport after the departure of foreign forces, two Ottoman Turkish officials told Rooters.

The Taliban also insist that Ankara's military also withdraw fully by the end-August deadline.

"The Taliban have made a request for technical support in running Kabul airport," a senior Ottoman Turkish official said, adding however that the Taliban demand for all Ottoman Turkish troops to leave would complicate any prospective mission.

The conditional request by the Taliban, who swept back to power in Afghanistan 20 years after they were ousted in a US invasion, leaves Ankara with a difficult decision over whether to accept a hazardous job, one official said.

Mainly Moslem Turkey was part of a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure....
mission in Afghanistan and still has hundreds of troops at Kabul airport.

The officials say they are ready to withdraw at short notice.

Another Ottoman Turkish official said a final decision would be made by the Aug. 31 deadline for foreign forces to leave the country and end a 20-year military involvement in Afghanistan.

However,
if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well...
the Taliban has not yet confirmed the request for technical help from Turkey.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  after the ISIS attack, Taliban security claims don't look so good
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-08-27 14:28  

#1  Turkey won't help run Kabul airport without its own security
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-08-27 11:43  

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